Not to be a wet blanket but . . .

Sadly, when I first read this: Obama extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners of gays my first reaction was suspicion rather than elation. President Obama mandated Thursday that nearly all hospitals extend visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians and respect patients’ choices about who may make critical health-care decisions for [...]

Silly Hillary Diehards growing in number

Ron4Hills found this ridiculous article in the LATimes.  Red Flag for a Sinking Obama: Americans now prefer Hillary Clinton: It is, of course, a really silly thing to even think about, given the clout of the Chicago Machine boys currently occupying the White House. But, just say, the Real Great Talker continues his spiraling descent [...]

Why Is the Obama Administration Hyping Nuclear Terrorism?

I had to laugh yesterday when I read this article in USA Today: Nuclear blast victims would have to wait The White House has warned state and local governments not to expect a “significant federal response” at the scene of a terrorist nuclear attack for 24 to 72 hours after the blast, according to a [...]

Wednesday Pre Tax News

Good morning Conflucians!! Mmm, doing taxes. Nothing better. Oh wait, a stick in the eye would be better. OK, lots of things would be better. Let’s see what’s happening today. Imagine a world in which the US no longer leads, or hardly even participates in space exploration. Imagine waking up to news of amazing discoveries [...]

And now for something radical and extreme: Get rid of the 401K

Last weekend, I got polled.  Er, by Harris, the polling company.  I’ve been getting a lot of that lately.  Maybe being a middle class suburbanite independent Democrat-in-exile in NJ means I have finally arrived but it’s unlikely I fit their notions of the typical polling subject.  Well, not after this poll anyway. The first question [...]

Early Morning OPEN Thread: Move over Susan Boyle

(the tape is poor quality homemade, but her incredible talent is obvious.) This young lady is 11 years old?  Really? Something tells me we haven’t heard the last from Jasmine Sullivan. Enjoy! What are you doing up at this early hour?

New Light on Vatican Cover-Up: Follow the Money

An important article was published this week in The National Catholic Reporter by journalist and author Jason Berry. This article sheds new light on possible motives for the Vatican to encourage Bishops to conceal sexual abuse by priests, as they did for many years in the U.S. and, as we are now learning, in other [...]

Hold out vs. Sold out: Connecting the dots between 2008 and 2010 (Part II)

(Part II of II. Continued from Part I.) Disaffected Democrat Hillary’s holdouts were not some political zombie species with two heads (that two-headed zombie would be Washington with its Ds and Rs). Paul Douglas in 1932, as quoted in the WSJ (H/T Gmanedit): “Back in 1932, the future Illinois Sen. Paul Douglas advised progressives not [...]

The Sunday “Supplements”

Sigh…once again the news cycle is nothing but depressing tales of how we continue our downward spiral finding ourselves farther and farther away from the elusive American Dream.  I don’t know about you but there is a saturation point and I think we exceeded it months ago.  Not to worry though, I’ve gathered together a [...]

Sunday News Roundup

Good morning Conflucians!! It’s a lovely Sunday here in Tommy Jefferson’s neighborhood. Let’s see what’s brewing in the news. A Harvard economist decided to try an experiment in education. He decided to simply bribe kids to do better and see how that worked. Turns out it worked really well and is a whole lot cheeper than [...]